Influence of altered visual feedback on neck movement for a virtual reality rehabilitative system

This paper investigates altering visual feedback during neck movement through control-display (C-D) gain for a head-mounted display, for the purpose of determining the just noticeable difference (JND) for encouraging individuals with kinesiophobia (i.e. fear avoidance of movement due to chronic pain) to effectively perform therapeutic neck exercises. The JND was defined as .25 probability of detecting a difference from unity C-D gain (gain=1). A target-aiming task with two consecutive neck moves per trial was presented; one neck move had varying C-D gain and the other had unity gain. The VR system was able to influence neck moves without changing locations of the target. Participants indicated whether the two neck movements were the same or different. Logistic regression revealed that the JND gains were 0.903 (lower bound) and 1.159 (upper bound) as the participants could not discriminate a 55° turn, ranging from 49.7° to 63.7°. This preliminary study shows that immersive VR with altered visual feedback influenced movement. The feasibility for rehabilitation of individuals with kinesiophobia will next be assessed.

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